(Illustration of the Three Kingdoms, Character Analysis, No. 25 Text/ Impermanent Feng Tianyu Illustration / Bloodthirsty Wolf's Tooth)
Most of the friends who like the culture of the Three Kingdoms will not be unfamiliar with the name Qin Yilu. His real name was Qin Yi, and he was originally under Lü Bu's command, and apart from helping Lü Bu with his hand blade Dong Zhuo, he had not done anything major and had no other skills. The reason why he was able to make a deep impression was mainly because he was the first "Green Hat King" of the Three Kingdoms - as mentioned in the "Notes on the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", Lü Bu "loved the wives of the generals", and his wife Du Shi was so delicate that even Guan Yu could not help but be moved, and what happened during this period can be imagined; later, Lü Bu fu, Guan Yu also failed to succeed, Qin Yilu still did not take back his beloved wife, but wore a bigger green hat - Cao Cao took Du Shi into the back house.
From this point of view, Qin Yilu was indeed miserable, and what was even more tragic was that after Du Shi was forcibly occupied by Cao Cao, he also defected to Cao Cao and became a petty official. Zhang Fei scolded him and plotted him against him, but he quickly regretted it and died under Zhang Fei's knife. Wearing a green hat, not to mention, he lost his life, Qin Yilu is not only the first green hat king of the Three Kingdoms, but also probably the most tragic existence. However, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there are two men who are more tragic than him - after they were put on green hats, they were also betrayed by adulterers, thus losing their lives and even being wiped out. What's going on? Who are they?
1. Dong Cheng
After Cao Cao set up a strategy of blackmailing Tianzi to order the princes, he quickly put it into action. However, Emperor Xian of Han was not willing to be a puppet, so he gave his uncle Dong Cheng a letter of armor and edict to plot to get rid of Cao Cao. After Dong Cheng accepted this task, he had been carefully planning, and he not only contacted Wang Zifu, Wu Zilan and others, but also received the support of Ji Taiyi, so several people conspired to poison Cao Cao while Ji Taiyi gave Cao Cao medicine. As a result, Dong Cheng's front foot and Ji Taiyi's consultation, the back foot found that his concubine Yunying had an affair with the family slave Qin Qingtong. Most men could not stand this kind of thing, and Dong Cheng was no exception, so he ordered Qin Qingtong and Yunying to be each forty scepters, and Qin Qingtong was taken into custody.
As a result, what he did not expect was that Qin Qingtong was not ashamed after being broken, but he had a grudge against Dong Cheng, so he fled at night and went to meet Cao Cao, told him about Dong Cheng's conspiracy, and pointed out that it was probably against Cao Cao. After Cao Cao listened to his words, he became suspicious of Ji Taiyi and others, and finally searched for clothes and belts, "Send Dong Cheng and five other people, and their entire families, to all the doors and beheaded." That is to say, Qin Qingtong not only put a green hat on Dong Cheng, but also betrayed Dong Cheng, causing the disaster of extermination for Dong Cheng.
2. Huang Kui
When Ma Teng was first ordered to enter the capital, Huang Kui served as a waiter and was sent by Cao Cao to deal with Ma Teng. However, Huang Kui himself believed that Cao Cao was an anti-thief and was not willing to serve Cao Cao, so after he met Ma Teng, he plotted a mutiny with Ma Teng to get rid of Cao Cao. However, Huang Kui was probably a person who could not hide his heart, and after returning home, he still hung his resentment against Cao Cao on his face. At that time, his wife and brother Miao Ze had been having an affair with his concubine Li Chunxiang and planned to completely appropriate Li Chunxiang for himself. So after discovering that Huang Kui was inappropriate, Miao Ze specially taught Li Chunxiang a cliché and learned of Huang Kui and Ma Teng's plan.
So Huang Kui repeated Dong Cheng's mistake - the adulterer informed Cao Cao, he was betrayed, so the family was all beheaded. However, Huang Kui had a more tragic side than Dong Cheng, he may not know the reason why Miao Ze harmed him until his death, naturally he could not retaliate against Miao Ze, and Dong Cheng's good villain also beat Qin Qingtong's forty rod ridge. But he also has a luckier side than Dong Cheng, the novel does not mention the ending of Qin Qingtong, probably staying in Cao Cao's mansion, or leaving his hometown, but Miao Ze was executed along with Huang Kui.
He was also put on a green hat; he was betrayed by an adulterer when he plotted to get rid of Cao Cao; he was also eventually exterminated, do you think Dong Cheng and Huang Kui, who is more sad?
All the information in this article comes from books such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and the editor guarantees the authenticity of the content, and there is no innuendo or politics involved.